Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne) students are required to attend intensive study blocks (4 days of 3 hour seminars held each week for a three-week period, beginning the first week of Trimester 3.)

Content

This unit provides an introduction to the discipline of science, and key science ideas, with a specific focus on investigations into environmental issues relevant today. The aim of the unit is to support students' understanding of the nature of science and the methods of science using a systems framework. The unit will have a major focus on the science underlying issues impacting society today including climate systems and ecological systems.

The content will include:

Key concepts involved in scientific enquiry

Climate systems and the impact of human activity on these systems.

The concept of energy as a means of power for humans, as well as the driving force behind life on earth.

The role science plays in environmental sustainability

The field of Ecology as a way of investigating the natural environment.